The wine has a ruby color, limpid with purplish reflects. The nose shows ripe strawberry, sweet spice, leather and liquorice. The wine is powerful, the tannins soft, the finish is long and complex with some notes of violets coming back . Wine to cellar.
We have been buying the wines of Jean-Michel Stephan for 5 years now, we first came across him at the Cote Rotie Growers Festival in Ampuis, where we were staggered at the quality of the wines he produced. It has not taken long for the rest of the world to sit up and take notice, and Jean-Michel is now considered to be on the verge of superstardom, unfortunately his wines already have the superstar winemaker price tag, but they do represent the very best wines of Cote Rotie.